March 3, 2014

As you might expect, I handmade a bundle of Valentine's Day cards this year!

These cards are a fairly simple design: I used my Cricut machine to cut the bee shape ("Give a Hoot" cartridge), and hand drew the heart-shaped bee trail using a pink Sharpie marker. The card might look simple, but I put a lot of hours into these little cards. The bee is made of many tiny pieces which took a lot of careful handling to remove from the Cricut machine and required a a good bit of time to glue the numerous little pieces together. But it was worth the work!

What are your favorite paper crafting blogs? Where do you go for greeting card inspiration? I've been holding out on Pinterest, so is it time for me to take the leap? Suggestions are most welcome!

February 24, 2014

I visited Mom last weekend for an extended winter weekend of weaving! It was the President's Day holiday weekend, so we had an extra day to get our projects done. And it was a perfect weekend to shut ourselves indoors - more than 10 inches of snow fell earlier that week.

Over the weekend I made a plain-weave wool scarf. The first step is to measure your warp threads and get them onto the loom. Miraculously, my yarns didn't get tangled! There has to be an easier way to warp the loom, so I need to do some more research before I weave again.

Measuring the yarns and warping the loom is the longest part of a weaving project. The actual weaving goes quickly.

We drank yummy sangria made with a rosé wine, strawberries, raspberries and a dash of cranberry juice. Just imagine all the jokes about getting "warped" that ensued...!

I contributed homemade red velvet cupcakes which were a total FAIL! This recipe from Paula Dean was sadly tasteless and I ended up throwing most of the batch in the trash.

Mom also got a good start on a weaving project of her own during our weaving weekend. Her undertaking is a good deal more complex, and deserves a post of it's own once she finishes it soon. More weaving to come!